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TonyeBarcanista:
Atiku wey no go see 3rd for PDP primary? The ticket that has been technically zoned to Northwest?

Right now, it is Makarfi, and Tambawal that are frontline contenders (though both are yet to declare). Trailing them is Sule Lamido from Jigawa state. Jonathan is pushing for Taminu Turaki, former minister of Special Duties (though it is a very tall dream as Jona no get influence for PDP)
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Na expo I don give you so

PDP needs one who is experienced and also one who will give APC a run for their money anything outside this will be doom.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the path way to victory in 2019!


The million-dollar questions that will be racing through the minds of my readers at this juncture are: why Atiku? Is he not too old to run? Why not a younger candidate? Is Atiku not corrupt? Why this “desperate” man? Can Atiku even travel to United States? Why


Before I marshall out mind-illuminating and unbiased answers to the above questions, without running the risk of prejudice, I will like to provide a background understanding to the political monster & dilemma Nigerians are going to confront in 2019.
Next year’s presidential election will be a different ballgame all together from what was obtained in 2015. Nigerians will deal with a government that has exacerbated the woes of this nation for the last three years, yet keep blaming the past for its gross incompetence and cluelessness. Nigerians, desirous of drastic change, will confront a President Buhari who has demonstrated through his actions and inactions that his only purpose of being in power, is just for the sake of it and lures of office. He has removed every doubt whether he has what it takes to rework Nigeria.


Opposition candidates will run against President Buhari who had made up his mind to re-contest in the face of contrary advice from prominent Nigerians, and will be ready to muscle any voice of dissent using the instrumentality of state institutions, just to cling to power at all cost. The PDP and other opposition parties have to go into this electoral battle with an APC—a ruling political party whose oxygen of survival is share propaganda and witch-hurting of opposition elements. And the list goes on.


Why Atiku? From my investigations and profiling of intending presidential aspirants in the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, is the only candidate that President Buhari’s handlers dread like sheep fear lion. His emergence as the PDP presidential candidate will herald the fiercest political royal rumble in the contemporary history of Nigerian politics. He is the only presidential hopeful (amongst already declared aspirants) that will give President Buhari a good run for his money. He has been in the political trenches battling titans for decades.


Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the only aspirant that has formidable political machinery across the six geo-political zones of the country. He is a political veteran par colossus with huge financial war-chest. He has enormous political goodwill among the political class, though misunderstood as “corrupt” and “desperate” by a section of the masses, who fell under the strong windstorm of propaganda ignited by those who detest Atiku’s cult-like fellowship among the political elites.


Is Atiku corrupt? Like most Nigerians, Atiku Abubakar is not without blemish; he is not a saint either. One thing that is still counting for him is that, he has not been charged, indicted let alone convicted on any known corruption case both in Nigeria and outside the shores of the country. Atiku was a victim of jungle justice in the court of public opinion; of which was instigated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, whose inglorious Third Term bid was scuttled by group of democrats led by Atiku Abubakar. Waziri of Adamawa was not given fair hearing in the court of public opinion. I think his epic political battle with his ex-boss Obasanjo, colored his perception and masqueraded his real personality.


If Atiku is as corrupt as most of us were meant to swallow hook, line and sinker, he would have been enmeshed in a lot of corruption trials with EFCC long before now, especially when juxtaposed with his age-long presidential ambition, which cut across several administrations. Atiku is a victim of oligopolistic tendencies of Nigerian post-civil war Military Establishment who has monopolized the nation’s presidency. An Atiku Abubakar presidency is a nightmare to the cartel of retired military generals who sees him as too “powerful” to be teleguided.


Is Atiku too old? As much as I remain an advocate of youth in governance, we should also not take it out of context. Youthfulness is not the only required quality for performance and service delivery. And old age is not the only perceivably weak point that makes a leader to fail, unless in a pathetic situation where senility and fragility sets in.


It may be good to recall that the worst (permit the use of my language) performing governor in Nigeria today is the youngest of them all—Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. President Donald Trump became US number one citizen at the age of seventy years. President Buhari is seventy-five (at least official figure). Has President Buhari’s age been the reason for his perceived failures? No! Has Yahaya Bello’s age been an advantage to him in transforming Kogi State? No! Is Trump being negatively effected by his age? No!


One of the best performing governor of the biggest state of California in America is Jerry Brown. Incidentally, he is the oldest at age 81. He is six years older than President Buhari, yet doing wonderfully great! My argument is; a dunce is a dunce irrespective of his age! Atiku’s age is experience embedded in numbers not otherwise!
Can Atiku travel to America?? This is one of the funniest and dumbest question I have seen some gullible Nigerians asked. From my research, Atiku was never barred from going to United States neither was he declared wanted by FBI or CIA. He was simply DENIED visa! If US Embassy can deny an average Nigerian visa, who says they can do that to an Atiku Abubakar? Or are we implying that one automatically becomes a “criminal” if his visa application is rejected by US Embassy?
Billionaire Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich missed FA Cup finale between Chelsea FC and Manchester United club at the Wembly Stadium, as a result of United Kingdom’s Home Office Department inability to renew his visa. Can we say in all honesty that he was “banned” from UK? Or is he now “corrupt”?


Come to think of it; must Nigerian presidential hopeful visit America before becoming president? Is Nigeria an American colony? Are we not undermining our sovereignty? Did Donald Trump pay homage to Nigeria before being elected US President? Please let us focus on serious issues of national significance not mundaneness.
Is Atiku really desperate?? I have heard this story of desperation for so long, but I will do justice to it today. I am not a protagonist of political “Jumpology”, otherwise known as cross-carpeting. Atiku has featured as a member of three political parties since 1999; namely PDP, AC & APC. But one striking factor of note is that, he has only appeared in the presidential election ballot paper only once—when he contested as Action Congress candidate in 2007.
Between an Atiku who contested only once and President Buhari who ran for president for four consecutive terms, and had just declared to run for fifth time, who is actually DESPERATE? As a matter of fact, the then candidate Buhari ran severally on the platforms of APP, ANPP, CPC & APC yet those insufferable hypocrites never referred him as “desperate” but will always Crucify Atiku.



In 2011, hundreds of Nigerians died in the North as a fall out of presidential election of which then candidate Muhammadu Buhari lost. The infamous speech of “dogs and baboons soaking in blood” is still fresh in our memory, yet Atiku is the political desperado in Nigeria. It is on record that no Nigerian has died as a result of Atiku’s presidential ambition. Then, where is the desperation story coming from? Many Nigerians misunderstood Atiku’s readiness cum eagerness to rework this ailing nation for desperation. It’s unfortunate.
As a bouncily cosmopolitan, maverick entrepreneur, liberal-minded Muslim, and pan-Nigerian in nature, an Atiku Abubakar candidacy is becoming increasingly appealing to many Nigerians of my nature.
The so-called saints had ruled this country severally, but nothing has changed. It is time to reinvent the wheel of the nation’s progress and awaken the sleeping giant of Africa, by entrusting Nigeria’s destiny onto the leadership fulcrum of an economic enigma and political colossus like Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.


cc: Lalasticlala

Please move this to front page so we can educate some people on this issue thanks.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/05/26/why-atikus-candidature-is-becoming-appealing/amp/

Looks nice sha

So sad RIP

I think for this one I give kudos to them. Even with our lack of maintenance culture they've tried for this one

I think for this one I give kudos to them. Even with our lack of maintenance culture they've tried for this one

ProjectNaija:
Obj is the promoter, he is not going to be an active participant in the party that will emerge. He is just going to be a father figure.

Yes that's true he likes acting from the back

Tecno66:
I thought OBJ said when his movement begins to change to a political party, he will pull out. Is that not what he is doing now?

Believe OBJ at ur own peril

A former lawmaker, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora, has rejected his appointment as the Chairman of the Abuja Investment and Infrastructure Centre,
Mamora, who was the Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election, was nominated for the job by the President.
However, it was learnt that during the inauguration of the board of the AIIC a few weeks ago, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the 2016 Ondo State governorship election, Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin-Anifowoshe, was named the chairman.
Ajasin-Anifowose, who is the daughter of the first Governor of the old Ondo State, Adekunle Ajasin, was sworn in by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Bello.




Investigations by our correspondent showed that the ex-lawmaker rejected the appointment.
A reliable source told our correspondent that Mamora had met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and expressed his displeasure with the appointment.



The source said Mamora, a former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker and senator who represented Lagos-East senatorial district from 2003 to 2011, felt the appointment, which is the equivalent of a state parastatal, was not befitting.
He argued that people who never participated in the process that brought Buhari to power were occupying the front seats of government.
The source added that Mamora was listed to be the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2016 but was edged out by some powerful people in the system.



The source added that Mamora was also nominated as an ambassador in late 2016 but his name was suddenly withdrawn for unknown reasons and was not even contacted before his name was dropped.
Attempts to speak with Mamora proved abortive as repeated calls to his phone were not responded to while a text message sent to his mobile was not replied to as of press time.


http://uncova.com/mamora-rejects-buharis-appointment



Cc: Lalasticlala

Three persons have been reportedly killed in the renewed cult clash in Ogep-Osokom in Boki local government area of Cross River State.The clash between two rivalry cult groups, klans and Axe continued Friday morning in Ogep-Osokom.DAILY POST gathered that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area who went to the scene to possibly stop the clash was also shot.


The DPO sustained serious injury and was rushed to an undisclosed health institution in the State. Other victims who were also shot are also obtaining treatment in different locations in the area.An eyewitness said that over three persons were shot to death.“We wake up this morning to hear gunshot everywhere and some persons rushed and informed the Police. The DPO and others came with a view to salvaging the situation and stop the clash, but this was not possible.“In the process, our DPO was shot on the head. He narrowly escaped death. However, he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.



I heard that he is recovering.“There is tension in the land. We don’t know who brought cultism to our area. This place has been peaceful until recent times when we started witnessing certain movements. We did not know that it will take this shape, may God help us,” he prayed.When contacted on phone on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ms Irene Ugbo confirmed that the DPO was shot on the head. She said the incident occurred Friday morning. She noted that the incident was not a communal but cult-clash.“It is not true that somebody died but the DPO who went to salvage the situation was shot on the head. Also shot was a small boy. The DPO and the boy are currently receiving treatment.“The DPO was going there to restore peace and bring the situation under control but the youths blocked him and in the process, he was shot on the head, that was what happened,” she stated.She further said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa had dispatched a team of policemen to the area to fish out those who shot the DPO.


http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/17/renewed-cult-clash-3-persons-killed-dpo-shot-cross-river/amp/




Cc:Lalasticlala

Dontquit:
Abeg what of our pencil producing company?

When u read about all this developed con3, u begin to wonder how u manage find urself in ds part of the world.

You wonder how ur great grand father was not among those slave that survive the herald of slave trade now doing great in Europe.

Pls take ur time and read the stuff so interesting piece well done op.

From fruits producing con3 to one of the most advance in technology doubts the piece @ur own peril, like the moniker above me. Why not ask urself, what is making tiny con3 in the midst of attackers so bold that no nation they can't comfont even the so called America respect them.

Naija wake up.

Thanks bro you just said it all. One bottle for u

In 1950, just two years after the state of Israel was founded, the country’s first commercial delegation set off for South America.
Israel desperately needed trading partners. Unlike its Arab adversaries, Israel did not have natural resources to fund its economy. There was no oil or minerals.



The delegation held a couple of meetings but was mostly met with laughs. The Israelis were trying to sell oranges, kerosene stove tops and fake teeth. For countries like Argentina, which grew its own oranges and was connected to the electrical grid, the products were pretty useless.
It’s hard to imagine this is what Israeli exports looked like a mere 67 years ago. Today, Israel is a high-tech superpower and one of the world’s top weapons exporters with approximately $6.5 billion in annual arms sales.





Since 1985, for example, Israel is the world’s largest exporter of drones, responsible for about 60 percent of the global market, trailed by the US, whose market share is under 25 percent. Its customers are everywhere — Russia, South Korea, Australia, France, Germany and Brazil.
In 2010, for example, five NATO countries were flying Israeli drones in Afghanistan. How did this happen? How did Israel, a country not yet even 70 years old, become a superpower with one of the most technologically advanced militaries in the world that is changing the way modern wars are fought?




The answer, I believe, is a combination of a number of national characteristics unique to Israel.
First, despite Israel’s small size, about 4.5 percent of its GDP is spent on research and development, almost twice the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average. Of that amount, about 30 percent goes to products of a military nature. By comparison, only 2 percent of German R& and 17 percent of US R& is for the military.
Another major contribution is the culture of innovation and creativity in Israel. Israelis are more willing to take risks than other nations. They get this from their compulsory military service during which they are tasked, at a young age, to carry out missions often with deadly consequences.





While Israeli 19-year-olds embark on operations behind enemy lines, their Western counterparts can be found in the safety of their college dormitories.
Lastly, Israel has been in a perpetual state of conflict since its inception, fighting a war almost every decade. This reality, of having your back against the wall, sharpens the mind. It forces Israelis to be creative and come up with innovative ways and weapons to survive.




This is the Israel story …


Robotic border patrols


The Guardium is a part of a new category of robotic weapons known as Unmanned Ground Vehicles or UGVs. Israel is the first country in the world using these robots to replace soldiers on missions like border patrols.
Already, Guardium UGVs are deployed along Israel’s border with Syria in the north and the Gaza Strip in the south.
The Guardium is based on a Tomcar dune-buggy-like vehicle and equipped with a range of sensors, cameras and weapons. It can be driven by a soldier sitting in a command center miles away or receive a pre-designated route for its patrol, making it completely autonomous.
The increasing use of robots by the Israel Defense Forces is part of a larger strategy to minimize risk to soldiers when possible. In addition, soldiers require breaks, food and water. All a Guardium needs is a full tank of gas. Other UGVs in use by the IDF include the Segev, which is based on a Ford F-350 pickup truck.
Facing terrorists who use tunnels to infiltrate into Israel from places like the Gaza Strip, Israel is also relying on UGVs like robotic snakes to slither into underground passageways and enemy headquarters. The robots will then map out the structures, giving soldiers an accurate picture of a battle area before the place is stormed.
The same is happening at sea. Israeli defense contractor Rafael has developed an unmanned patrol ship called Protector which is being used by Israel to protect its strategic ports and patrol the country’s long Mediterranean coastline.
The Arrow anti-missile program
In 2000, the Israeli air force received its first operational Arrow missile battery, making Israel the first country in the world with an operational system that could shoot down incoming enemy missiles.






The idea to create the Arrow was born in the mid-1980s after US President Ronald Reagan floated his Star Wars plan and asked America’s allies to partner in developing systems that could protect the country from Soviet nuclear missiles.
The Arrow was a revolutionary idea. Due to Israel’s small size and lack of territory, all ballistic missiles deployed in the region — by Syria, Iraq and Iran — can reach anywhere within the country and pose a strategic and possibly even existential threat. Israel, the developers argued, needed a system that could shoot down enemy missiles over neighboring countries and provide overall protection for the tiny Jewish state.
The program had its ups and downs but got a huge boost in funding after the First Gulf War in 1991, when Saddam Hussein fired 39 Scud missiles into Israel, paralyzing the country and forcing millions of Israelis into bomb shelters with their gas masks.






The Arrow was just the beginning. Today, Israel has the Arrow, which is partially funded by the United States, to intercept long-range ballistic missiles, David’s Sling to intercept medium-range rockets and cruise missiles as well as the combat-proven Iron Dome, which has intercepted hundreds of Katyusha rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in recent years.
Israel is the only country in the world that has used missile defense systems in times of war. These systems do more than just save lives. They also give the country’s leadership “diplomatic maneuverability,” the opportunity to think and strategize before retaliating against rocket attacks.
While other countries have also invested in missile defense, none has created a multi-tier architecture like Israel.



Mini spy satellites



In 1988, Israel launched its first spy satellite into space, gaining membership in the exclusive club of just eight nations with independent satellite-launching capabilities.
From the beginning, there were those who doubted Israel was capable of developing, building and launching its own satellite, but in the nearly 30 years since that day, it has grown into a satellite superpower, now operating eight different spy satellites in space.
This is a critical capability considering the threats Israel faces from countries like Iran, which it still suspects is planning one day to build a nuclear weapon.
Israel has shied away from building big satellites and instead designs what are known as “mini satellites,” which weigh about 300 kilograms (661 pounds) in comparison to America’s 25-ton satellites.
Israel’s spy satellites are split into two categories.
Most of Israel’s satellites come with advanced high-resolution cameras like the Ofek-9, launched in 2010, which can discern objects as small as 50 centimeters (20 inches) from hundreds of miles away.
Israel’s other category of satellites are known as the TecSar. These satellites use a synthetic aperture sensor, basically a radar system that can create high-resolution images at almost the same quality as a regular camera.
The advantage this technology provides Israel is tremendous. A camera cannot see through clouds or fog, but radars can work in all weather conditions and can even see through camouflage nets. What this means is that Israel has the ability to track its enemies and gather intelligence on them at all times of the day and through rain, fog or clouds.
Israel’s success in developing state-of-the-art satellites has caught the world’s attention. In 2005, the French entered a strategic partnership with an Israeli company to develop a satellite, and in 2012, Italy ordered a reconnaissance satellite, paying $182 million. Singapore and India have also reportedly purchased Israeli satellites over the years.




Drones


It is referred to in Israel as the “drone that can reach Iran.” The Heron TP is Israel’s largest unmanned aerial vehicle with an 85-foot wingspan, the same as a Boeing 737 airliner. It can stay airborne for 24 hours and carry a 1-ton payload.
While Israel doesn’t openly admit it, the Heron TP is believed to also be capable of launching air-to-surface missiles.
Israel was the first country in the world to operate drones in combat operations. Its first use of drones was in 1969, when the Israel Defense Forces flew toy airplanes with cameras glued to their bellies along the Suez Canal to spy on Egypt. In 1982, it flew its first combat drone, called Scout, in Lebanon, where they played a key role in locating and neutralizing Syrian anti-aircraft missile systems.
That operation caught the world’s attention, and in 1986, Israel supplied the US Navy with its first drone, known as the Pioneer. A few years later, one Pioneer made history when it flew over a group of Iraqi soldiers during the First Gulf War. The soldiers saw the aircraft, took off their white undershirts and waved them in the air. It was the first time in history that a military unit had surrendered to a robot.
Israel’s drones have revolutionized the modern battlefield. They cost a fraction of a manned fighter jet — some as little as a few million dollars — and participate today in every single operation conducted by the IDF.
Drones give soldiers the ability to make calculated decisions before invading territory or storming enemy compounds.
Before Israel bombs a building in the Gaza Strip, for example, it always has a drone in the air to ensure that civilians are not inside. They also reportedly fly almost daily over Lebanon, tracking fighters for Hezbollah, which is believed to have about 130,000 missiles capable of striking Israel.






The top-secret tank


To this day, the Merkava tank is one of Israel’s most top-secret projects. It is said to be one of the most lethal and protected tanks in the world, and its construction started out of pure necessity — the United Kingdom and other countries refused to sell Israel tanks. So in the 1970s, it started to build its own.
The newest model — known as the Merkava Mk-4 — is the most impressive. It can reach speeds of 40 mph and comes with a new modular armor kit, meaning that the tank can be fitted with the armor it needs based on the specific mission it is heading into.
An area, for example, known to be full of anti-tank missile squads requires heavy armor, while an operation without the threat of anti-tank missiles means less. This also allows tank crews to replace damaged pieces of armor on the battlefield without having to bring the full tank back to a repair shop inside Israel.
In 2012, the Merkava underwent its biggest change yet when a new system — called Trophy — was installed on the tank. Trophy is an active-protection system, basically a personal missile defense system for an individual tank.
Trophy uses a miniature radar to detect incoming anti-tank missiles and then fires a cloud of countermeasures — basically metal pellets — to intercept them. The radar also interfaces with the tank’s battle management system. This means that once a missile launch is detected, the coordinates of the enemy squad that fired the missile are immediately obtained, allowing the tank to retaliate quickly and accurately.


http://www.herald.ng/why-israel-has-the-most-technologically-advanced-military-on-earth/amp/



Cc: Lalasticlala

Good one there

Wiseandtrue:
No reasonable government would order such!

However it is the responsibility of the governor to inspect projects from time to time

There are different means of doing this if the governor is serious about achieving positive results.

Good one bro

Wiseandtrue:
Statements like this makes me shudder!

so what happened to inspection

And we are talking about Ebola and lassa fever with this chicken wey carry rat poo

will you say the same if you were served such chicken

hmmmmmmmm na wa ooooooo

My problem here is that, he is making it seem as if it is the governor that does the delivery and also telling them to buy stuffs like this.

IdeyFindWife:
Good observation!

Yet, the government was also supposed to have tasked the monitoring function of such a program to a neutral agency.

Such nonsense should stop.

Good one there I buy that idea of a monitoring team it will make them more accountable too

mekonglobal:
How is he a fool? yes we kn the governor one person but he have people working with him, so if the people who are to report all these 2 d governor turn a blind eye 2 it, i didnt see any wrong in it if this youngman decides 2 draw d governor's attention 2 dis inhumane act.

He would have atleast used the right channel to report or better still an open letter reporting those who where given the contract instead of making it seem as if it's the governor that executes the contract.

Ifere Paul is a fool. The question should be is it the Governor that goes to Uyo to buy the Chicken? Or is he the one that fries they chickens and still take them to the above locations? I hate stupid criticism how on earth does he expect the governor to know all this when already this contract was awarded to people to make the feeding program more effective.

conductorh2:
Nice. Igbo amaka.


Don't be too quick to judge. They might not be in Biafra Army because we don't have one right now but at least they stayed away from Fraudgeria's shithole Army where they'll be taught to shoot unarmed protesters, flee from Boko Haram and aid Fulani herdsmen terrorists in hacking innocent farmers to death in their sleep.

Lol Savage 101

Long throat is bad oh but anyhow sha sorry to them.

Village people will not allow people to enjoy in peace again na wa oh R.I.P to the dead though it's sad.

Ogun oh oh oh not again.

ok oh

Looks nice though.

Congrats also pray to God to grant u knowledge on how to utilize it. If not as e take come na so e go take go.

His excellency former Governor Donald Duke and his wife.

Wonderful event

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